Making the Most of Mud
San Francisco Bay has been clearing up, but that's not necessarily a good thing for marshes in an age of sea level rise. Those marshes need mud so they can...
Science and Nature
Should we be worried about asbestos in serpentine rock?
Should we worry about asbestos in serpentine rock? Yes, a bit. In California, we have North America’s largest exposures. It's even our official state rock.
San Francisco group seeks Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights
A group of San Francisco nature enthusiasts want to make official every kid's right to climb a tree, see the ocean and ride a bike.
Naturalist’s Notebook: Cormorants and Egrets Feed at Ebb Tide
Illustrator John Muir Laws watches the birds grab their dinner on an ebb tide.
The thrill of the hive: San Francisco beekeeping
One of San Francisco's most prominent beekeepers produces 500 pounds of honey a year by never turning down a bee in need.
Monarch butterfly numbers are down again
Monarch butterflies are about half of last year's numbers in the Bay Area. But that's not saying all that much.
Give a nesting bird a home
Nesting birds are coming back to town. Now's your chance to be a bird box landlord.
Planting in memory of MLK
What's native plant restoration have to do with MLK Day? Maybe not a whole lot, unless you spend it on the MLK Regional Shoreline planting seven varieties of wetland species.
What, exactly, is in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
From the journal of Brian Kallen, who describes his journey through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Was MLK an environmentalist?
Martin Luther King, Jr. predated the environmental movement, but his words show he respected the natural world.
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